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Fani Zlatarova

Diversity in the Development of Computing Projects Fani Zlatarova Elizabethtown College, PAAbstractDeveloping projects in computing-oriented courses is a well-known practice. However, the dynamicnature of the computing sciences poses new challenges for students and their instructors. They have adirect influence on the diversity in the project development aspects: diversity of the project types, topics,goals, participation, presentation, assessment, applications, and ethical issues introduced in the project.The concrete academic environment should be also considered when assigning projects of different types.The job market of computing

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L. Kuczynski; C. McGuinness; S. Farrell; B. G. Lefebvre; C. S. Slater

Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Student Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Pharmaceutical Industry L. Kuczynski, C. McGuinness, S. Farrell, B. G. Lefebvre, and C. S. Slater Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USAAbstract Rowan University’s Engineering program uses innovative methods of teaching and learningto prepare students better for a rapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace, asrecommended by ABET1. Rowan has developed a program that fosters synergistic

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Stephanie Farrell

Sponsored Industrial Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students: Perspectives on Collaborative Projects with Petrochemical Industry Stephanie Farrell Rowan University Chemical Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Rd. Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701 USA1. Introduction Undergraduate engineering and technology students benefit from “real-world” experienceswhich are usually obtained through internship and co-op experiences. Through these workexperiences, students have the opportunity to apply their technical skills to industrially

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Anilkumar Bhate; M.G. Prasad; Lex McCusker

An integrated Approach to Creating Student-Awareness, Pedagogy and Efficient Management of Multi-Cultural Teams in Engineering Projects Anilkumar Bhate, M.G. Prasad, Lex McCusker Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New JerseyAbstractTeamwork is an essential aspect of most engineering projects. Often the teams consist of memberscoming from diverse backgrounds, and such diverse backgrounds may lead to internal conflicts within theteams. Engineering students, many to become managers in their future careers, need to be educated abouthow to deal with the diversity in their work teams. Teams

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Lou Harrington; Austin Bartlett; Quentin Willard; Jason McKay; Bruce Brown; Ernest Wong

Engineering Success & Successful Engineering: A West Point Cadet Project with NASA Illustrates the Value of Diversity Lou Harrington, United States Military Academy Austin Bartlett, United States Military Academy Quentin Willard, United States Military Academy Jason McKay, United States Military Academy Bruce Brown, United States Military Academy Ernest Wong, United States Military AcademyAbstract: As part of their senior year capstone experience at the United States Military Academy, fiveSystems Engineering and Engineering Management cadets are working with NASA on enhancing

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Josephine Lamela; James Finne; Karen Ford; Deborah Iacontino

paper will discuss: • Format and structure of the academy • Recruitment, selection process and target demographic for participants • Mentoring process with college women majoring in engineering or technology, and professional female engineers • Designing and building amusement park rides • Hands on, trial and error approach. • What we learned and what we will do differentlyBackground:To address the need to inspire more young women to enter engineering and technology fields,NJCATE, A National Center for Advanced Technological Education at Middlesex CountyCollege initiated a project entitled TechXploration, A Technology Adventure for Teen Girls.Supported by the National Science Foundation, TechXploration is a three year project

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Graham Walker

process project.2 Background Several efforts have been made over the years to improve the experimental experience thatstudents obtain at the undergraduate level. With respect to teaching students about mathematical design ofexperiment concepts and statistical analysis Gleixner, et al.2 and Munson-McGee4 both introduced theseelements into a laboratory course in chemical engineering. Equally, Lyons, et al.3 has introduced theteaching of instrumentation and experimental practices into a mechanical engineering laboratory, whileCyr, et al.1 has exposed students to open ended experimental process projects to promote creativity andinnovation. However, there is no documented case of where all of the material and practices necessary toaddress a

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K. A. Narh; R. N. Dave

NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates in Engineered Nano- Composite Particulate Materials at NJIT K. A. Narha and R. N. Daveb a Department of Mechanical Engineering b Otto York Department of Chemical Engineering New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102-1982IntroductionThe NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site program at NJIT, was designed tofulfill the main requirements of the NSF solicitation document for this program - that REU projectsinvolve students in meaningful ways in ongoing research programs or in research projects

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Shaina Slonim; Richard Puerzer

now when the technology is different from what we’ve studied inclass.diversity In the context of this research, diversity is all-encompassing and is covered in all of my ideas.Diversity not only refers to the various demographics and backgrounds of individuals, but also theirvarious learning styles. 1motivation for research The motivation to perform this research came from the need to measure lifelong learning in theengineering department at Hofstra University. As a result of this project, the research and creation oftools has been accomplished. Implementation is currently underway at Hofstra and analysis will beperformed in the subsequent semester.literature review Gloria

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Charles H. Forsberg

designs; Choice ofthe optimal design; Construction of a prototype or mathematical model of the chosen design;Testing and evaluating the chosen design; Modifying the design, as appropriate, based on thetest results; and finally, Documenting the solution.“Informed” design is a design process developed through the NSF-funded NYSCATE(New York State Curriculum for Advanced Technological Education) Project.1 In thispedagogical approach to design, students increase their knowledge and skill base beforeaddressing the specific design problem. This is done through the performance of short,focused activities known as “Knowledge and Skill Builders”, or “KSBs”.As an example of KSBs: One popular design activity for middle school students involvesthe students

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Phil Dacunto P.E.; Mike Hendricks

combine plumes. This tool uses “mapalgebra,” which allows raster data sets to be combined on a cell by cell basis with an algebraic expression(figure 7). This tool enables students to visualize the effects of not just one plume, but the combinedeffects of several as they work through an analysis of a local air quality plan. A region that may havebeen below an air quality standard as the result of the effects of one plume may become an area ofconcern when plumes overlap. This is a critical tool that students needed to use as they worked on theirdispersion projects. 5 Figure 7: Plume combination dialog boxSTUDENT PROJECTSAfter being introduced to Matlab and

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Kalyan Mondal

MATLAB [5-6] with various toolboxes. There is a lot of emphasis on actual design andvisualization in addition to mathematical derivations. Towards the end of the course, digitalsignal processing algorithm implementations on commercial digital signal processors [7] areintroduced.After the successful completion of EENG6633, graduate students get exposed to advanced topicsand various applications of digital signal processing in speech and communications in theEENG7753 [8] course. Multiple projects are assigned to be completed on MATLAB inEENG7753.Subsequently implementation of applications of DSP on commercial digital signal processors istaught in EENG7852 [9]. Relevant algorithms and applications are first simulated on MATLAB.Then students use C

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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James Finne; John Carpinelli; William Barnes

of apower jack, 5 Vdc regulator, RJ12 jack required to interface the Microchip ICD-2 programmingdevice, and an oscillator. It connects to a solderless breadboard with six pins. With six wires anda processor the student has a working single board computer for under $30.00. With some care atthe assembly stage this board should be serviceable for several semesters and is, in fact, used forthe subsequent capstone project course. The only capital expenditure is for the programmingdevice that connects the development software to the microcontrol unit. MCC purchasedMicroChip ICD-2s to support the class laboratory exercises.TextbookThis is controversial. The hard realities are that all of the available texts are expensive and, moreoften than not

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M.G. Prasad

uses of literacy, we can contemplate theeven more basic principle that underlies our national system of education in the first place – that people ina democracy can be entrusted to decide all important matters for themselves because they can deliberateand communicate with one another…”In the report on “Dialogues for Diversity” based on a project on campus community and diversity severalaspects of diversity such as campus mission about diversity, social impact, quality, campus climate,student development, ethnic identity, faculty role, leadership, etc are discussed. Some of the suggestionsthat are made in the report are very interesting and are noted below2. • Introduce multicultural content in the basic liberal arts curriculum

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John C. Giordano; J. Scot Ransbottom

Raptor development effort, we do not have exposure to the source code or APIs for this project. As mentioned, Raptor generates stub code in our primary teaching language - Java. Along with developing visual algorithm representations in Raptor, cadets must also master the fundamentals of text-based programming in a high-level language. While learners are not required to write text-based programs by

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Vincent Winstead

Automotive Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering and MechanicalEngineering program students. The two-course sequence includes one course in theory and anothercourse dedicated to applied project activities similar to a senior design project course such as hybridizinga conventional drive train vehicle, designing an efficient series power train solar vehicle having a smallICE, etc. This allows students from different departments to collaborate and bring their particularbackgrounds into a multi-disciplinary design project.Teaching MethodologiesHybrid vehicle systems can be characterized as having multiple power sources whose output can bemeasured in Watts of power. Mechanical and electrical systems alike can be described this way and so

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Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

universities, offer opportunities to expand the impact of programs to new audiences, but require clarity of goals and synergy of mission. 4References1. Massachusetts Department of Education. Science and Engineering Technology Framework. Malden, MA. http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/scitech/2001/2. New Jersey Department of Education. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS). Trenton, NJ. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs3. Lowes, S., Sibuma, B. 2006. Evaluation of the Spring 2006 Implementation of the EOFNJ Project: The AWIM Pilot. Teachers College/Columbia University. http://www.stevens.edu/ciese/eofnj

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E. Hou; T. N. Chang; A. Dhawan; J. Ji; E. Luxford; D. Rodriguez; W. Stoddart; S. Siddiqui

autonomous vehicle that cannavigate in a complex urban environment. The innovation of the NJIT system lies in its human-likeability that can make judgments based on the vehicle’s surroundings. This system is able to respond withthe speed and accuracy needed to complete all the objectives of this competition safely and effectively. The goal of this paper is to provide an overview of the initial architecture and design of the NJITautonomous vehicle. In addition, this project presents a number of education and management relatedproblems such as administration of a large student-centered project, interaction of diverse andmultidisciplinary subgroups, recruitment and supervision of team members, and relationship-buildingwith sponsor companies. In

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Deran Hanesian; Angelo J. Perna

-week experimental studies in the area of fluid dynamicsand heat transfer with a written report and an oral presentation required. EXPERIMENTAL OBJECTIVES Each of the previously mentioned K-12 programs has a specific curriculumappropriate to the level of education of the participants. Students in all of theabove programs are exposed to experimental, “hands on” projects and, as thecapstone portion of the experience, a written report and an oral presentation.These oral presentations may be to other students, in the case of the K-12programs or to peer review panels in program competitions as in the case of theundergraduate research programs. The main goal of each of these programs is togive students an exposure to

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Howard Kimmel; John Carpinelli; Rosa Cano; Angelo Perna

, with a focus on mechanical engineering. EXPLORE CAREERS IN TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING—Explore Careers in Technology and Engineering program is designed to encourage post-7th grade students to learn about careers in technology and engineering, including aeronautical, biomedical, chemical, and environmental engineering, and computer science. ALGEBRA PREP PROGRAM-APP—The Algebra Prep Program is a preparatory project for post-7th and post-8th grade students designed to prepare them to successfully complete Algebra I, a cornerstone of the secondary school mathematics curriculum, while encouraging them to choose advanced mathematics and college preparatory courses in high school. INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL INDUSTRY FOR

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Br. Henry Chaya

. The motivation of the students is the most important reason for this. This project hasdemonstrated that it is quite feasible to give undergraduate students the benefit of expert teaching skillsthat are otherwise unavailable to them. It is indeed the author feels privileged to have had thisopportunity.AcknowledgementsThe author wishes to thank Dr Saleem Zoughbi, coordinator for the CAIS program for giving him theopportunity to offer this course, and the support of Dr Gordon Silverman and Dr Richard Heist for theirencouragement and the released time to prepare this course.Br Henry Chaya is a De La Salle Christian Brother and an Associate Professor of Computer and ElectricalEngineering at Manhattan College. From fall 2003 to spring 2004 he was

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Stefan A. Robila

constitutesthe practical assignment and the final projects. Each includes significant work both in applicationdevelopment as well as in writing. The course was initially offered as elective for upper level CS majorsand graduate students, and constitutes the major security component of the program although othercomponents are integrated throughout our curriculum. The current offering is required for undergraduateIT majors. The course size is usually approximately 18-25 students most in their senior year.As initial assignment in the course, the students were asked to provide a survey of the security issues incampus. Suggested issues included the electronic mail system, the course delivery system (Blackboard),the student information system, access to labs

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Suzanne Keilson

)diversity.ConclusionMost engineers will spend their careers in the process of slow modifications within a given toolset ofknown solutions, which make reference books such as “The Art of Electronics” by Horowitz invaluable[33]. Students can be taught to go to the reference and to not reinvent the wheel, but rather to use atoolbox of ready-made solutions and components. This does package complexity and reduce the time ofproduct development, but it can also lead to poor design solutions. Many engineering students are nottaught to explicitly understand the design process even as they may go through a senior design capstonecourse. In their technical careers many will work in teams on projects that were well defined before themand will continue after them and wherein

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Paul G. Ranky

Line Managersand Operators, a UML (Unified Modeling Language) Model of our Generic DigitalFactory, and Some of Our Electronic Support System Analysis Tools, ADAM with IT(Advanced Design And Manufacturing), An international internet registered R&Djournal hosted by: http://www.cimwareukandusa.com listed and indexed by theAssociation of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA, and the EdinburghEngineering Virtual Library, UK. USA, 5 p., Vol. 3., May 2002[5] Ranky, P G, Herli Surjanhata, One-Jang Jeng, Geraldine Milano: The Design andImplementation of Digital Educational Knowledge Assets (DEKA) with SoftwareDemonstration (An NJIT and Industry Sponsored R&D Project. ASEE (AmericanSociety of Engineering Education) NJ Spring Conference, April

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Michelle Albanese; Richard J. Puerzer

the desire outcome. 2learning journals and application to engineering 149 The teaching technique I selected is learning journals, where students write weekly journal entries(100-300 words per entry) discussing pertinent class topics and relating them to explicitly stated coursethemes. If desired, the instructor can provide leading questions or specific issues to be addressed inrelation to the overall weekly topic. The project will culminate in a significantly longer entry (minimum1000 words) tying weekly topics together by highlighting the common threads—the stated coursethemes—and using reason to make conclusions. Students

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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R. Barat; G. DiBenedetto; T. Boland

responsibility to society and the environment. These abilitiesare contained within the program outcomes of ABETii.Undergraduate engineering programs now typically include a freshman design experience. There are anumber of modelsiii. Some examples of such courses are listed here. At Northern Arizona University,students are introduced to current design software such as CAD, equation solvers, and spreadsheets. AtDrexel University, the course focuses on the design process and its applications in engineering through aseries of lectures and projects. There are also linkages to freshmen humanities courses. At the Universityof Wisconsin at Madison, students work in teams to determine customer needs, propose solutions, anddesign and test final products.The

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V. Briller; E. Deess; R. Calluori; K. Joshi

).~ __________ was friendlier during the open house (M).2. Collecting information about colleges and how they learned about the university.~ Participated in Panasonic Challenge; liked what he saw; … flyers are ineffective (M).~ Mother is an alumnus from ME; visits to university and open houses were most helpful to getan idea about school (M).~ Sister attended law summer program; for women school proximity is an important factor (F).~ From guidance counselor; however has never heard of pre-college programs at the university(F).3. What they like about NJIT~ Science project and real research (M).~ Proximity to home (F).~ Compact, small-size reminding of a high school (F).4. Why they chose the college they currently attend~ _______ was more aesthetically

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Philip L. Brach; Ahmet Zeytinci; Pathickal Polouse

DIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION URBAN SPEED LIMITS: AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE Philip L. Brach, PhD, PE, FNSPE, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Ahmet Zeytinci, PhD, PE, Professor Pathickal Polouse, PhD, Associate Professor University of the District of Columbia Washington, DCAbstractThis paper will present one of a series of experiments that are part of a Department of EducationGrant to develop a series of hands-on experiments designed to interest and motivate freshmanstudents to study engineering. An essential part of this project is to design experiences (experiments

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Laurent Simon; Piero Armenante; Rajesh Dave

related to drug manufacturing. Atthe same time, Camp Pharma instructors and faculty will lead a selected group of high school (HS)teachers through new training and research applications for implementation in their classrooms. HSteachers will collaborate with Camp Pharma researchers on their own classroom projects. To test theirnew skills in a controlled environment, they will introduce these new materials to participating students atthe Camp. Through the program, both HS teachers and students will gain a better understanding of theimportance of pharmaceutical research and manufacturing and the challenges that it involves.Participating HS teachers will also be encouraged to create a network consisting of other teachersattending and NJIT faculty in